Hygiene Items

Tampa, FL | $179.00 Remaining

This is a Pay It Forward need. Your contribution will help us provide clients with hygiene items in an emergency.

Nancy is a mother of two teenage daughters, Rebecca and Reagan. She was once married to the girls’ father and experienced numerous instances of violence and abuse. One evening after some heavy drinking, he had a fit of rage and Nancy ended up in the hospital with severe injuries from the hand of her husband. It was that night that Nancy knew what she had to do in order to protect herself and her daughters.

During her marriage, Nancy did not work, but her new independence meant she would have to be the breadwinner for her family. She was lucky enough to find a job waitressing at a local restaurant.

She and her daughters have been away from their abuser for about 5 years, but with two girls now in high school, expenses are adding up. Simple hygiene items like deodorant and make-up are luxuries in the household, and thus few and far between.

Nancy came to the Crisis Center a few months ago for financial assistance. After discussing her needs with the case manager, she began to feel hopeless and guilty that she could not give her daughters the things that most teenage girls should have. The case manager left for a moment and returned with a box of feminine products and two sticks of deodorant in her hand for Nancy to take home to her daughters. Nancy was so grateful that she cried.

It’s instances like these that make us realize the things that we so often take for granted. Thanks to donations from people in our community, we’re able to supply these things on occasion, but far too often, we still have to turn clients away because we do not have the items to give them.